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Encyclopedia > Nechtan II of the Picts

Nechtan grandson of Uerb,[1] was king of the Picts from 597 to around 620. It is has been suggested that this Nechtan is the same person as the Neithon who ruled the kingdom of Alt Clut.[2] A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... Neithon of Alt Clut (d. ... Strathclyde (Welsh: Ystrad Clud) was one of the kingdoms of ancient Scotland in the post-Roman period. ...


According to the Pictish Chronicle, Nechtan reigned for 20 or 21 years. While the death of his predecessor Gartnait is given in 597 by the Annals of Tigernach, the death of Nechtan is not certainly recorded. He may be the Nechtan son of Canu whose death appears in the Annals of Ulster for 621, although this would be difficult to reconcile with the idea that he was Neithon son of Guipno son of Dumnagual Hen of Alt Clut.[3] The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by (especially older) historians to an pseudo-historical account of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before history was recorded in Pictavia and ending after Pictavia had been enveloped by Scotland. ... Gartnait (Gartnait mac Domnaill or Gartnait mac Dúngail) (died 663) was king of the Picts. ... The Annals of Tigernach (abbr. ... The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. ... Dumnagual I of Alt Clut or simply Dumnagual Hen (the Old) was the ruler of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton Rock), probably sometime in the early sixth century. ...


It has been suggested that the Canu or Cano referred to in the Annals of Ulster is the Canu Garb named by Senchus fer n-Alban, making this Nechtan the grandson of Gartnait II, who has been suggested as a son of Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata.[4] The Senchus Fer n-Alban was an ancient text created at some time during the 10th century and attributed to the 7th century. ... Gartnait (Gartnait son of Domelch in the Pictish Chronicle king lists) (died 597) was king of the Picts. ... Satellite image of northern Britain and Ireland showing the approximate area of Dál Riata (shaded). ... Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Goidelic kingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland and the northern coasts of Ireland, situated in the traditional Scottish and Northern Irish counties of Argyll, Bute and County Antrim. ...


It is uncertain whether it is this Nechtan or Nechtan I who should be linked with the foundation of the monastery at Abernethy, but since this Nechtan reigned after the foundation of Iona by Columba, ties with Irish monastic houses are more plausible in his reign. The account of Abernethy's foundation in the Pictish Chronicle, in a version likely compiled by the monks of Abernethy, is as follows, with Nechtan I as the subject: Nechtan son of Erip was a king of the Picts. ... Abernethy Tower. ... Iona village viewed from a short distance offshore. ... Saint Columba (7 December 521 - 9 June 597) is sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as Saint Colm Cille or Columcille (meaning Dove of the church). He was the outstanding figure among the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages. ...

"So Nectonius the Great, Uuirp's son, the king of all the provinces of the Picts, offered to Saint Brigid, to the day of judgement, Abernethy, with its territories ... Now the cause of the offering was this. Nectonius, living in a life of exile, when his brother Drest expelled him to Ireland, begged Saint Brigid to beseech God for him. And she prayed for him, and said: "If thou reach thy country, the Lord will have pity on thee. Thou shalt possess in peace the kingdom of the Picts."[5] Saint Brigid of Ireland Saint Brigid of Ireland (Bridget, Bridgit, Brigit; in English St. ...

Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, while confusing this Nechtan with Nechtan mac Der-Ilei, who reigned a century later and was also famous as a builder of churches, claims that he founded "a cathedral" dedicated to Saint Boniface at Rosemarkie on the Black Isle.[6] A monastery at nearby Portmahomack, dated to the late 6th century, could be as late as the reign of Nechtan, although it is probably earlier. Andrew of Wyntoun (?1350-?1420), author of a long metrical history of Scotland, called the Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, was a canon regular of St Andrews, and prior of St Serfs in Lochieven. ... Nechtan IV (also known as Nechtan mac Derile) was king of the Southern Picts from 706-724, and a member of the Strathclyde Dynasty. ... For the Roman general of this name, see Bonifacius. ... Rosemarkie is a village on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands, lying a quarter of a mile east of the village of Fortrose. ... The Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Dubh) is an eastern area of Ross and Cromarty. ... Portmahomack is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. ...


Notes

  1. ^ The word nepos can mean grandson or nephew, but probably means nephew; some variants read "son of". Perhaps a female name, cognate with the Old Irish Ferb; ESSH p. 145, note 3. Variant forms include Uerp, Irb and Yrp. These are similar to the patronyms Uuirp, Erp, Erip, Irb, Yrb and Eirip which are used of Drest I and Nechtan I.
  2. ^ Smyth, pp. 62–65 and table 2.
  3. ^ Nechtan son of Guipno per Smyth, pp. 62–65 and table 2.
  4. ^ Bannerman, pp. 92–94. This is a chronologically improbable theory as it would make a great-grandson of Áedán a king in the 6th century
  5. ^ Early Sources, pp. cxx–cxxi, quoting Skene's Chronicles of the Picts & Scots. For the dating, see Smyth, p. 82; ESSH, p. 145, note 3.
  6. ^ See also ESSH, p. 145, note 3, where it is noted that the Aberdeen Breviary says Pope Boniface IV (617–624) sent a mission to Pictland.

Old Irish is the name given to the oldest form of the Irish language which can be, more or less, fully reconstructed from extant sources. ... A patronymic is a personal name based on the name of ones father. ... Drest or Drust, son of Erp, is a legendary king of the Picts whose reign is recorded in the king lists of the Pictish Chronicle. ... Nechtan son of Erip was a king of the Picts. ... Boniface IV (ca. ...

References

  • Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286, volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
  • Bannerman, John, Studies in the History of Dalriada. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1974. ISBN 0-7011-2040-1
  • Smyth, Alfred P. Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000. Reprinted, Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1998. ISBN 0-7486-0100-7

Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. ...

External links

  • CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes the Annals of Ulster, Tigernach, the Four Masters and Innisfallen, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Lebor Bretnach (which includes the Duan Albanach), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.
  • Pictish Chronicle
Preceded by
Gartnait II		 King of the Picts
597–617		 Succeeded by
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Legendary Monarchs • Drest of the 100 Battles • Talorc I • Nechtan I • Drest II • Galan • Drest III • Drest IV • Gartnait I • Cailtram • Talorc II • Drest V • Galam Cennalath • Bruide I • Gartnait II • Nechtan II • Cinioch • Gartnait III • Bruide II • Talorc III • Talorgan I • Gartnait IV • Drest VI • Bruide III • Taran • Bruide IV • Nechtan IV • Drest VII • Alpín I • Óengus I • Bruide V • Kenneth I • Alpín II • Talorgan II • Drest VIII • Conall • Caustantín • Óengus II • Drest IX • Eogán • Ferat • Bruide VI • Kenneth II • Bruide VII • Drest X
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